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Chapter 612 Collecting Rough Stones
"The 'Cosmic Spirit Ball', and as you should already know, the thing hidden in it is one of the six infinity stones at the beginning of the universe—the power stone." Chief Nova Chief Adora held in his hand. Looking at the metal sphere, Xu Xu said, "This is exactly what you need, right?"

Michael looked at the sphere in her hand for a moment, then looked up and said, "I guess you wouldn't just hand it to me, would you?"

The female officer shook her head.

"That was my plan. But after we met Thanos and saw firsthand what the crazy titan can do now, I changed my mind."

With a long sigh, she inadvertently moved her gaze out of the window, looking at the devastated and dilapidated buildings outside.Xandar is working hard to rebuild, but it will obviously take a long time for them to recover from this trauma.

After a long silence, she said: "What Thanos wants is the ultimate balance. He believes that the population of the entire universe has exploded, and resources have been almost plundered. He believes that the universe is already at a certain point. It is the critical point of collapse, and someone needs to take action to adjust it to restore the balance.

Before, I thought it was just a lunatic's unreasonable imagination, but now seeing his strength and feeling our powerlessness in front of him, I realized that it was not unrealistic.This lunatic is really capable of doing that if he wants to... and there's nothing we can do to stop it. "

Finally her eyes returned to Michael.

"So now I've changed my mind, because right or wrong, you're the only option I can see," she said. in the hands of someone else, and I sincerely hope that the choice is the right one. So tell me, can you do it?"

Michael stared at the spirit ball in her hand for a moment, but didn't reach out to catch it.

"I can't promise you too much, because I'm not the kind of person who would sacrifice everything for the sake of the universe. But there is only one thing I can promise," he looked at the other party calmly, "that is, I will do everything in my power to stop Thanos, fight with all your might to the last moment...as a human being."

Officer Adora didn't ask any more questions, just stretched out his hand and handed the spirit ball into his hand.

That was the answer she needed.She doesn't need someone with the heart of a savior and an inclusive mind. If there is such a person, it would be disturbing.

Now that the rough stone of strength is in hand, there is only the last rough stone left, and it is also the most troublesome one.

"One more thing, Nova Supreme." He asked the officer, "Have you ever heard of a place called 'Vormir'?"

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Vormir, the location of the original soul stone explained by Gamora, the daughter of Thanos in the movie.Gamora was ordered by Thanos to find the location of the original soul stone. She found the map of the original stone, but she burned the map because of her disgust with her father.It's just that in the end, because Thanos used her sister as a threat, she finally revealed the address.

Although curious about why Michael would be interested in such a remote planet, Nova Supreme still pointed out this direction for him.So he accepted the Power Stone and bid farewell to the Nova Corps, and then Michael embarked on a journey to Vormir.

Just as shown in the movie, it was a peak shrouded in thick fog, and the top of the mountain was full of wind and snow.But the air and gravity environment here are very similar to those on Earth, and Michael directly flew to the top of the mountain with the thrusters of the suit.

Also just as he expected, he met a red skull in a black robe near the mountain—the former Hydra leader who was rejected by the original space stone and punished to guard the original soul stone in this place forever.

The gatekeeper was a little surprised to see him coming.

"You and I can't see through you." He said strangely, "It shouldn't be like this. I can see the life trajectory of any traveler who comes here, but your life is just a fog."

Michael didn't know whether he was referring to his own body or his soul as a time traveler, and he didn't care.

"Who knows, maybe I'm different." He extinguished the thrusters on the back of the suit and landed. "You are the caretaker of the original soul stone, right? Then lead the way."

Despite being amazed how this mysterious visitor would know so much, a mission is a mission, and Red Skull hasn't forgotten.He stopped talking immediately, turned around and led Michael to the cliff, which was like a ritual altar.

This is the place where Thanos sacrificed his adopted daughter and the black widow voluntarily sacrificed her life in exchange for the original soul stone.Standing on its edge and looking down, there is only an endless white mist in sight, even the enhanced vision of the armor can't see through it, as if there is a truly bottomless abyss below.

Ignoring Red Skull's "one life for one life" rhetoric in the back, Michael directly closed his helmet, stood on the edge of the cliff and started a test scan with various scanner sensors.

Just as he had expected, it wasn't just looking directly at Gao from below.A certain kind of special energy field covers the area below, and it is even possible that the space below is maintained by the ability of the original soul stone.

This is a real no-choice deal.If you jump down, the soul stone will judge that you have agreed to the terms of the transaction.It will directly take away your soul as the price for the soul, no tricks, no shortcuts.

Michael spent about an hour studying this energy field, then gave up.

The trading conditions for the original soul stone are absolute. When Thanos in the movie came here, he held three infinite original stones in his hand, but even so, he did not sacrifice his daughter in other ways.

As for whether I can think of a way to bypass this ceremony?Michael doesn't know, but he thinks it's not optimistic.If the Soul Stone wants your soul, there's probably nothing in the world that can change its mind.If it takes longer, maybe he can find a way to deceive Yuan Shi, but unfortunately he doesn't have so much time to try now.

But Michael is not without solutions.

Well, in fact, this is the way he thought of it in the first place, but he didn't want to do it if there were other options.The process of soul stone trading cannot be cheated, but the use of rough stones is not without loopholes.

The original soul stone stipulates that the soul of a loved one must be sacrificed to obtain it.

But it does not stipulate that it can only be used by sacrificing the loved one.

(End of this chapter)